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okay? now we're going to go to missouri governor jay nixon spoke a little while ago about the status of his state and the aftermath. take a listen. >> i think put into context of a couple of things, first in the context of this particular site here, no loss of life. that's for preparation and also for the emergency responders that were here to make a real difference for folks in the middle of the night and the middle of a storm. just that training makes a serious and appropriate difference. but this is a lot of damage. the insurance issues here, the property damage issues here are go...

a twister captured on film by a storm chaser in kansas in missouri where two people died. joining me now is wendell edwards. he's live from branson, missouri. set the scene for us. how bad is the damage? >> reporter: you know, randi, it's pretty bad. take a look at what is going on. this is a vitamin and health food store. people are just now assessing the damage and trying to clean up and see what is left. what we can tell you, though, is storms ripped through this main part of branson, missouri. this is the main district. a lot of theaters and plazas. as you can see, the quilt stor...

good evening. we begin tonight with an unholy fury of tornadoes. at least 16 of them, 1 after the other, tearing through american towns today. imagine you're looking out your window. and you see this. a giant funnel cloud in the middle of nebraska. and the highway in branson, missouri, that country music mecca, here it is before. and look after. and a mall in harrisburg, illinois. and here, after the tornado hit. when it was all over, at least 9 people were killed, more than 150 injured across this country. and abc's chris bury has been touring the devastation in harrisburg. chris? >...

you're going to look at show the massive damage in the small town of harveyville, kansas. that's destroyed homes and trees uprooted and power lines down as well. take a look at this. a twister captured on film by a storm chaser in kansas in missouri where two people died. joining me now is wendell edwards. he's live from branson, missouri. set the scene for us. how bad is the damage? >> reporter: you know, randi, it's pretty bad. take a look at what is going on. this is a vitamin and health food store. people are just now assessing the damage and trying to clean up and see what is le...

of devastation, really widespread. some of these images what used to be homes, structures. we saw one wall from the harrisburg med center just totally wiped out. as we continue to follow this story here, let's move on. okay? now we're going to go to missouri governor jay nixon spoke a little while ago about the status of his state and the aftermath. take a listen. >> i think put into context of a couple of things, first in the context of this particular site here, no loss of life. that's for preparation and also for the emergency responders that were here to make a real difference fo...